 A survey of the land in this woreda (reported in 1996) shows that 15.7% is arable or cultivable, 8.9% pasture, 13.2% forest, 22.4% built-up, and the remaining 39.8% is considered degraded or otherwise unusable.Groundnuts are an important cash crop for this woreda.Coffee is another important cash crop; between 20 and 50 square kilometers are planted with it.